SAN FRANCISCO, February 04, (THEWILL) – History was made by Nigeria at 9:30pm on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, as the country for the first time in the history of its electricity generation profile, attained a milestone of about 5,074 megawatts, MW, of electricity.
Before now, the highest electricity generation ever attained by the country was 4883.9MW and this was achieved on November 23 last year. The new feat came as a result of the cooperation among stakeholders in the power sector as well as concerted efforts by system operators to ensure that all generated power is wheeled to the distribution companies and that there is no stranded power.
The TCN, through its System Operator department, announced the attainment of the record peak generation of 5,074.7MW as well as the highest maximum daily energy of 109,372 megawatts hour, MWH, which it transmitted across to electricity distribution companies in the country.
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the company’s Deputy General Manager in charge of Public Affairs, Mr. Clement Ezeolisah.
According to the statement, “The System Operator, TCN, is pleased to announce the attainment of a new record peak generation of 5,074.7MW and also the highest maximum daily energy wheeled nationwide of 109,372MWH on February 2, 2016,” the statement said.
“The new peak generation of 5,074.7MW was attained at 9.30p.m. on February 2, 2016. While the previous peak generation was 4883.9MW achieved on November 23, 2015, the previous highest maximum daily energy wheeled nationwide was 107,142.32MWH recorded on January 26, 2016.”
The statement further quoted the Managing Director, System Operation/Market Operation of TCN, Mr. Dipak Sarma, to have attributed the twin peak achievements to the enhanced cooperation among all the power sector stakeholders and concerted efforts by system operators at the National Control Centre, NCC, Osogbo and other stations to ensure that all generated power is wheeled to the distribution companies and that there is no stranded power.
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